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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060032-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: February 24, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
1. French views on Indochina--US Ambassador Bruce in
Paris has been informed by French Foreign Minister
Schuman 'that he regards Indochina as primarily a
French responsibility and that he would like to get im-
mediate US aid in considerable quantities, According
to Bruce, Schuman believes that French evacuation of
Indochina would. (a) lead to a massacre of French
troops, French civilians, and natives; (b) cause grave
political disturbances in France; (c) have a serious
effect on the French Union, especially in Africa; and
(d) create an impression of Western defeatism. Schuman
asserted that France's ability to continue in Indochina
would have to be considered in connection with the over-
all policy to be adopted by the US, UK, and France in
regard to the Far East. Meanwhile, the Secretary General
of the French Foreign Ministry has told Bruce that France
intends to follow an "evolutionary process;" with the Indo-
chinese regimes, but doubts the wisdom of publicizing this
intention,
2. Southeast Asia situation reviewed--US Ambassador Kirk
in Moscow expresses the belief that "everything possible
short of involvement of US fighting forces" should be done
to stop the Communists before they control Indochina,
Thailand, and Burma. The Ambassador, in support of
his position, expresses the view that. (a) "drawing the
line" at the Chinese border will have a vital psychological
effect throughout Asia: and (b) preventing the Chinese Com-
munists from extending their influence in Southeast Asia
and from obtaining foodstuffs there will expose Sino-Soviet
relations to a strain which both partners may be hoping to
avoid. Kirk points out that Japan's economic development
State Dept. review completed
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is dependent upon markets in non-Communist Asia and
comments that the acquisition of Southeast Asia by the
Communists would increase the attraction to the Japanese
of eventual alignment with the Communists.
EUROPE
3. HUNGARY: Attack on US Legation--US Legation Budapest
suggests that the recent Hungarian accusation that the US
maintains an oversized Legation staff for espionage pur-
poses is designed to force the US to take the initiative in
reducing its Legation staff e The Legation points out that
refusing to dismiss its Hungarian employees would pro-
bably lead to their arrest, whereas dismissing them would
leave 'them jobless and "branded" as enemies of the state.
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